Sands, Powders, and Grains: An Introduction to the Physics of Granular Materials (Partially Ordered Systems)

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This book is an introduction to the physical principles underlying the behavior of materials consisting of grains. Such materials can be found in an enormous variety of places, ranging from the powders used to make vitamin pills to the rings of Saturn, from beaches to grain elevators, and from pottery clay to interstellar dust. Granular materials have interested physicists from Coulomb and Faraday to Reynolds and Rayleigh, but only recently have mathematical and experimental methods been developed to analyze their properties in detail. This text develops the fundamental physics of the behavior of granular materials. It covers the basic properties of flow, friction, and fluidization of uniform granular materials; discusses mixing and segregation of heterogeneous materials (the famous "brazil-nut problem"); and concludes with an introduction to numerical models. The presentation begins with simple experiments and uses their results to build concepts and theorems about materials whose behavior is often quite counter-intuitive; it aims to present in a unified way the background needed to understand current work in the field. Developed for students at the University of Paris, the text will be suitable for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students; it should also be of interest to researchers and engineers just eentering the field.

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The granular book for physicists.......2007-10-05

This is the best book around on the general physics of granular systems. A solid addition to the shelf.

It's Just Not About Sands of Time.......2001-07-13

It is interesting that even though the behavior of granular materials (sands, powders, grains) have been studied for more than 2000 years, only recently have technologists addressed the question of determining the fundamental characteristics of granular materials behavior. Two books on the physics of granular materials have been issued by Springer-Verlag in the last year or so. I have reviewed the Ristow book. And now I consider the Duran book.

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Transition metal oxides form a series of compounds with a uniquely wide range of electronic properties. They have important applications as dielectrics, semiconductors, and metals, and as materials for magnetic and optical uses. The recent discovery of high-temperature superconductors has
brought the attention of a wide scientific community to this area, and has highlighted the problems involved in trying to understand transition metal oxides. The present book is not primarily about high Tc superconductors, although their properties are discussed in the final section. The main aim
is to describe the varied electronic behavior shown by transition metal oxides, and to discuss the different types of theoretical models that have been proposed to interpret it. It is intended to provide an introduction to this fascinating and complex field, at a level suitable for graduate students
and other research workers with a background in solid-state chemistry or physics.

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Is there space in the overcrowded courtroom for one more writer of sharp, very suspenseful legal thrillers? Yes--if that writer is Greg Iles, who has proven in such varied efforts as Black Cross, Mortal Fear, and Spandau Phoenix that he knows how to squeeze the last drop of suspense out of all sorts of situations.

Iles immediately makes us feel both sympathy and empathy for his glossy hero, Penn Cage--a former ace Texas prosecutor turned suspense novelist whose sales are up there in the John Grisham Himalayan range.

Trying to cope with the recent death of his wife, Cage takes his 5-year-old daughter to Florida's Disney World, where the child sadly sees visions of her mother everywhere in the fantasy-filled environment. Wouldn't a trip to his parents' stately home in Natchez be more soothing for all concerned? Wrong, as it turns out--and before Cage can catch his breath, he's deeply involved in several dangerous matters. His father, a dedicated doctor, is being blackmailed for a past mistake in judgment, and a powerful judge (who just happens to be the father of Penn's high school sweetheart) has a nasty personal agenda of his own. Then there's the unsolved 1968 murder case of a black man, which Cage insists on reopening with the help of an attractive, ambitious newspaper publisher.

Iles does for Natchez what John Berendt did for Savannah in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, creating a gothic Southern landscape where elegance and depravity walk hand in hand. --Dick Adler

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When former prosecutor Penn Cage returns to his hometown of Natchez, Mississippi, he doesn't find the peace he desperately craves. He finds that his own father is being blackmailed by a corrupt ex-cop. And when Penn investigates, he uncovers a murderous secret-and the small town's violent past....

"Rivals John Grisham's Best."-Library Journal

"Grabs You Fast And Keeps You Glued."- Entertainment Weekly

"Will Spellbind Readers."-Boston Herald

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"Riveting. [Iles] adroitly mixes the fiery tempers of the late 60's with the smoldering passions of the present-day south...A major talent."-Denver Post

"Suspenseful." -Kirkus Reviews

"Engrossing."-Publishers Weekly

"The pace is frenetic, the fear and paranoia palpable and the characters heartbreakingly honest."-The Cleveland Plain Dealer

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When recently widowed Penn Cage leaves Houston with his young daughter and returns to his hometown seeking peace, he finds something very different. Natchez, Mississippi, is the jewel of the antebellum South, a city of old secrets and older money. Upon learning that his father is being blackmailed, Penn finds himself reopening the most highly charged murder case in the town's history, searching for the evidence that could bring down the judge who nearly destroyed his father years ago. As the town closes ranks against him, Penn is joined by Caitlin Masters, a young newspaper publisher, on a deadly quest to find answers to one of the darkest chapters of American history, a quest that pits them against the FBI, a band of brothers still fiercely guarding the tainted legacy of J. Edgar Hoover. But Penn's most dangerous journey must be made alone--into the abiding mystery of his own past, into the mind and heart of a woman he lost twenty years ago, and who still has the power to save or destroy him.

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Great way to spend a rainy Sunday!.......2007-09-01

This was one that I couldn't put down. I typically go for the SciFi/Fantasy genre, but this book came highly recommended to me by my Father-in-Law. He was right ~ I loved it!! Being familiar with the Natchez/Baton Rouge area, reading this book was so fascinating.

Went in to work bleary eyed on a Monday.......2007-05-08

Started reading on a Sunday morning, and could not stop turning pages till I was done 3AM Monday morning. I don't think I got much done at work that Monday morning. This was my first Iles novel, and I think this is also his best one so far, with Dead Sleep a close second, followed by Black Cross. That's my personal opinion. I won't get into a detailed book review here, since that's been done by 100s of other fans. In my opinion, Iles succeeds by writing incredibly taut stories that leave you wanting more. Putting down the book before it's finished is hard.

One of Iles' Best.......2007-04-27

I recently found Iles and can't put them down. The Quiet Game is one my favorites so far. Very fast paced, nicely developed characters. Puts Grisham to shame.

Really liked this one....Iles is awesome...........2007-03-11

My 5th Greg Iles novel, and I was not disappointed. Fast paced and Fun.

One Of The Best.......2007-02-17

If you are looking for light thriller reading, don't read Greg Iles. If you are looking for stylish, well-written prose with characters so real, at the end of the book you feel like you know them, then read Greg Iles. I am a fan of thriller books. Right now, Greg Iles and Harlan Coben are my favorite authors. The Quiet Game is detailed without getting boring, exciting from beginning to end. There are few books I read where I can actually see scenes in my head as if I am watching a movie. Such is the writing of Greg Iles. Nothing is simple, but you never get lost as you can reading some other authors. The depth and quality of his writing stays consistent from book to book - unusual for any author. Read The Quiet Game if you have high standards for quality of writing and love a good thriller. Be prepared, though, for a marathon. His books are never short, but always satisfying.

Greg Iles Collection: The Quiet Game, 24 Hours, Dead Sleep

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Greg Iles Collection: The Quiet Game, 24 Hours, Dead Sleep
Greg Iles
Manufacturer: Brilliance Audio
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Binding: Audio Cassette

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ASIN: 1590865421
Release Date: 2003-05-10

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The Quiet Game
Read by Dick Hill (Susie Breck, Jill Sovis)

Penn Cage is no stranger to death. As a Houston prosecutor he sent sixteen men to death row, and watched seven of them die. But now, in the aftermath of his wife's death, the grief-stricken father packs up his four-year-old daughter, Annie, and returns to his hometown in search of healing. But peace is not what he finds there.
Natchez, Mississippi, is the jewel of the antebellum South, a city of old money and older sins, where passion, power, and racial tensions seethe beneath its elegant façade. After twenty years away, Penn is stunned to find his own family trapped in a web of intrigue and danger. Determined to save his father from a ruthless blackmailer, Penn stumbles over a link to the town's darkest secret: the thirty-year-old unsolved murder of a black Korean War veteran. But what drives him to act is the revelation that this haunting mystery is inextricably bound up in his own past.

24 Hours
Read by Dick Hill (Ruth Bloomquist, Russell Byers)

24 Hours begins with the perfect family. On the perfect day. About to become trapped in the perfect crime. Will Jennings is a successful young doctor in Jackson, Mississippi, with his whole life ahead of him. He has a thriving practice, a beautiful wife, and a young daughter he loves beyond measure. But Will and his family are being watched by a con man and psychopath. A man who has crafted the unbeatable crime. A man who has never been caught, and whose victims have never talked to the police. A man whose life's work strikes at the heart of every family's nightmare: the unstoppable kidnapping. But this man has never met Will and Karen Jennings.

Dead Sleep
Read by Susie Breck (Dick Hill)

Jordan Glass, a photojournalist on a well-earned vacation, wanders into a Hong Kong art museum and is puzzled to find fellow patrons eying her with curiosity. Minutes later, she stumbles upon a gallery containing a one-artist exhibition called "The Sleeping Women," a mysterious series of paintings that has caused a sensation in the world of modern art. Collectors have come to believe that the canvases depict female nudes not in sleep but in death, and they command millions at auction. When Jordan approaches the last work in the series, she freezes. The face in the painting seems to be her own. This unsettling event hurls her back into a nightmare she has fought desperately to put behind her - for, in fact, the face in the painting belongs not to Jordan but to her twin sister, murdered one year ago. At the urging of the FBI, Jordan becomes both hunter and hunted in a duel with the anonymous artist, a gifted murderer who knows the secret history of Jordan's family, and truths that even she has never had the courage to face.

Greg Iles CD Collection: The Quiet Game, Turning Angel, and Blood Memory

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Greg Iles CD Collection: The Quiet Game, Turning Angel, and Blood Memory
Greg Iles
Manufacturer: Brilliance Audio on CD
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: 1423316800
Release Date: 2006-11-29

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The Quiet Game:
Penn Cage is no stranger to death. As a Houston prosecutor he sent sixteen men to death row, and watched seven of them die. But now, in the aftermath of his wife's death, the grief-stricken father packs up his four-year-old daughter, Annie, and returns to his hometown in search of healing. But peace is not what he finds there. After twenty years away, Penn is stunned to find his own family trapped in a web on intrigue and danger.

Turning Angel:
Turning Angel marks the long-awaited return of Penn Cage, the lawyer hero of The Quiet Game, and introduces Drew Elliott, the highly respected doctor who saved Penn's life in a hiking accident when they were boys. Drew and Penn sit on the school board of their alma mater, St. Stephen's Prep. When the nude body of a young female student is found, the entire community is shocked - but no one more than Penn, who discovers that his best friend was entangled in a passionate relationship with the girl and may be accused of her murder.

Blood Memory:
Catherine “Cat” Ferry is a forensic odontologist, a specialist in bite marks and the clues they provide. In a desperate effort to regain control over a life spiraling out of control, Cat retreats to her hometown of Natchez, Mississippi. But her family's secluded antebellum estate provides no sanctuary. Driven by fragments of her past, Cat attempts a forensic reconstruction of a decades-old crime.

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Quiet Game
Greg Iles
Manufacturer: Hodder and Stoughton
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000OIID7U

Reader's Digest Select Editions (2000 Volume 2) Follow the Stars Home; Hunting Badger; The Quiet Game; Second Wind

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Reader's Digest Select Editions (2000 Volume 2) Follow the Stars Home; Hunting Badger; The Quiet Game; Second Wind
Luanne Rice , Tony Hillerman , Greg Iles , and Dick Frances
Manufacturer: Reader's Digest
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000EGZD70

Party starters & quiet games (Treasury of classroom, family and party fun)

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Party starters & quiet games (Treasury of classroom, family and party fun)
Alma Heaton
Manufacturer: Bookcraft
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0006WN2MA

101 Relaxation Games for Children: Finding a Little Peace and Quiet In Between (SmartFun Activity Books)

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101 Relaxation Games for Children: Finding a Little Peace and Quiet In Between (SmartFun Activity Books)
Allison Bartl
Manufacturer: Hunter House
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0897934938

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The games in this book help teachers, parents, and others who work with children maintain or restore order, refocus children’s attention, and break up the classroom routine. Most of the games are quite short and can be used between academic activities as a treat or quick break. Many are noncompetitive, most don’t require props, and none require special skills or training. All can be played with the whole class; there are partner games, small group games, and outdoor games. Clear, complete instructions are included for each activity, and icons denote appropriate age levels, time, and group size. Author Allison Bartl has tested all of the games herself and recommends that the teacher or parent fully participate in each game, both to relax and to provide a model of good social behavior. Tips and thoughtful quotations from Goethe, Rudolf Steiner, Seneca, Lao Tse, Mother Theresa, and others are also included.

4 Titles By Iles - The Footprints of God - Mortal Fear - The Quiet Game - Turning Angel

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4 Titles By Iles - The Footprints of God - Mortal Fear - The Quiet Game - Turning Angel
Greg Iles
Manufacturer: various
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000Q0624M

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4 massmarket paperback Titles By Iles - The Footprints of God - Mortal Fear - The Quiet Game - Turning Angel

6 Titles By Iles - Blood Memory - Turning Angel - Dead Sleep - Sleep No More - Mortal Fear - The Quiet Game

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6 Titles By Iles - Blood Memory - Turning Angel - Dead Sleep - Sleep No More - Mortal Fear - The Quiet Game
Greg Iles
Manufacturer: various
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000R7JSYA

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Multiple books shipped as one item for your convenience. Save on Shipping/Handling charges.

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Amos Burn, the quiet chessmaster
Richard Nevil Coles
Manufacturer: Chess Notes
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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